succedere
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin succēdere, from sub + cēdō.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsuccèdere (first-person singular present succèdo, first-person singular past historic succèssi or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedétti or (ditto, traditional) succedètti, past participle succèsso or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedùto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]
- to take the place (of), to succeed (in an office) [with a]
- Synonym: subentrare
- Ad Augusto, primo imperatore romano, succedette Tiberio.
- Tiberius succeeded Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
- (literally, “To Augustus […] succeeded Tiberius.”)
- (obsolete) to fall heir to; to be inherited by (of property) [with a]
- […] non avea alcun erede, né a chi legittimamente succedesse il suo
- [he] had no heirs, nor anyone to righfully inherit his [property]
- to follow in order; to come after [with a]
- Synonym: seguire
- All'alba succede il tramonto.
- Sunset comes after sunrise.
- (literally, “To sunrise succeeds sunset.”)
- to be subsequent or consequent (to); to follow [with a]
- Synonym: susseguirsi
- A quelle parole successe un putiferio.
- A ruckus followed those words.
- (literally, “To those words succeeded a ruckus.”)
- (obsolete) to be able to, to manage to, to be successful in
- Synonym: riuscire
- Di ferir lui ¶ Non gli successe, ma del grande Acate ¶ Graffiò la coscia lievemente
- He was not able to hurt him, but he lightly scratched the thigh of the great Achates
- to happen, to occur, to take place
Usage notes
edit- In the meaning "to happen, occur", the verb can only take successi as the past historic form and successo as the past participle form.
- In the meaning "to succeed (someone in an office)", the verb normally takes succedetti as the remote past form and succeduto as the past participle form.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of succèdere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1More common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen".
2Traditional.
Related terms
editRelated terms
Further reading
editLatin
editVerb
editsuccēdēre
Verb
editsuccēdere
- inflection of succēdō:
Romanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsuccedere f (plural succederi)
- Alternative form of succedare
Declension
editDeclension of succedere
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) succedere | succederea | (niște) succederi | succederile |
genitive/dative | (unei) succederi | succederii | (unor) succederi | succederilor |
vocative | succedere, succedereo | succederilor |
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